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Maxine Levin Acting National Leader for Interpretations, NRCS, National Soil Survey Center (NSSC) Lincoln, NE South Regional NCSS Work Planning Conference July 12, 2010
Maxine Levin Acting National Leader for Interpretations, NRCS,
National Soil Survey Center (NSSC) Lincoln, NE South Regional NCSS Work Planning Conference
July 12, 2010
New◦ Linda Scheffe, Agronomist ◦
Current◦ Curtis Talbot, Rangeland Management Specialist◦ Bob Dobos, Soil Scientist◦ Cathy Seybold, Soil Scientist◦ Ray Sinclair, Soil Scientist◦ George Teachman, Soil Scientist◦ Sue Southard, NPS Liaison Soil Scientist
Retired◦ Dave Lightle, Agronomist◦ Arlene Tugel, Soil Scientist◦ Alan Price, ITC Liaison
Moved to New Functional Team◦ Jim Fortner, Database Coordinator NASIS 6.0 (Soil Business)◦ ITC Position (Soil Business)◦ Steve Peaslee, GIS Specialist (Soil Business)◦ DSP Soil Scientist (Ecological Site Inventory)
ACES Employee◦ Dave Lightle, Agronomist, Retired◦ Linda Greene, Public Affairs Specialist, Retired (Standards)
◦ Critical interpretation and technical development issues. ◦ Opportunities for partnering. ◦ Identify opportunities for funding validation of
interpretations in the soil survey. ◦ Identify coordination and communication protocol
with ongoing Standing Committees of NCSS (Research Needs, New Technology, Standards/Taxonomy).
Dynamic soil properties Ecological Site Inventory Technical Soil Services Handbook
(http://soils.usda.gov/technical/tssh/index.html)
Gypsum Interpretations Soil Change (SSSA Annual Meeting
Symposium) Subaqueous Soils (2nd National Workshop, RI
8/10)
FSA uses the National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (NCCPI) to inform its payment rates—Concerns from the field
Irrigated National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (NCCPI) Model Review
LESA/CALES Handbook National/Regional Interps for Salinity Maps Interpretation protocols for Ecological Site
Description (ESD) data
Soil Interpretations on grazing lands◦ Ecological Site Descriptions◦ Forage Suitability Groups◦ Custom interpretations (e.g. BLM interps)◦ NASIS plant data
DSP Technical Leadership Team Interagency Rangeland Ecological Site
Handbook Ecological Site Implementation/Acceleration
Plan Grazing Lands assistance to RIAD
National U&SI Committee is restarting—George Teachman/Mike Wilson
Many Urban Surveys going on around the country
SUITMA—next year in Morocco(Sept.2009 US hosted in NYC)
Green Infrastructure high priority with NRCS NPS (Sue Southard)is testing many new
interps for High Intensity Non-Ag uses
National Bulletin 430-10-3 (Calculated Soil Interpretation Values in NASIS and Soil Data Mart) September 30, 2010◦ K◦ T◦ Corrosivity Concrete/Steel
Database population of missing values is key to success in using soil properties to calculate interpretations by criteria
Letter to MLRA Leaders
Soil hydraulic property database(Ksat) Movement of water in soil and on its surface and
the characterization and monitoring of water tables
Flash Flood Forecast? Climate change effects on depth to seasonal
saturation and urban interpretations related to seasonal saturation
Data from field measurements (SCAN and SNOTEL sites, Ksat measurement tools, lysimeters, GPR), computer models (i.e., EPIC, SWAT, HYDRUS, DAYCENT, DRAINMOD, FLOW)
Working with Ecological Sciences Division, NRCS
USDA NRI, FIA, CEAP EPA & USGS—National Atlas for Ecosystem
Services North American Carbon Program GlobalSoilMap.net USDA-ARS, USDA-FSA, USDA-NIFA International Partners
Submit to NCSS Research Needs Committee to be included in RFP for the next year
CIG (Conservation Innovation Grants) CESU vehicle and Graduate student studies
programs for validation activities Coastal studies—NSF & BP Oil (Subaqueous
soils protocols into the mix)
National Technology Support Center representatives coordinate NRCS Interpretation Needs
Use the Regional and National NCSS Interpretation Committees to peer-review new interpretations
Validation Requests go to Research Needs National Interpretations are vetted for
addition to NSSH through Standards Committee
Guidelines for New Interpretations ◦ NSSH part 617.04.
Soil interpretations requirements ◦ NSSH part 617.10.
The interpretations should be supported by field observations, research (laboratory and field), and other documentation.
Soil interpretation derived from pedons and lab data nearest to the area of interest.
Interpretations that take into account temporal data (precipitation, temperature, etc)
Real-time Interpretations (Doppler radar, soil moisture probes)
How will we use DSP data? How can we interpret for climate change with
stable data sets? Data by Raster—New Data Model? How will we
interpret Soil Survey? Sustainability-consider other factors or soil
properties besides soil erosion to evaluate land productivity-A Sustainability Value or Index?
Specialty crops (eg. Vineyards, Olives)
Maxine J. LevinActing National LeaderSoil Survey InterpretationsUSDA-NRCSNational Soil Survey Center100 Centennial Mall NorthLincoln, NE 68508-3866Blackberry Handheld: 202-280-9527Email: [email protected] Phone: 402-437-4016
